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3 People Charged with Trespassing at a Massey Mine Site are in court
Posted Tuesday, April 28, 2009 ; 11:41 AM | View Comments | Post Comment
Updated Wednesday, April 29, 2009; 09:57 AM

The trio were among a dozen people arrested for trespassing in February.

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BECKLEY-- -- The three were charged with trespassing at Marfork Coal Company in Pettus.

53 year-old Mary Wildfire of Spencer, 63 year-old Larry Lee Gibson of Charleston and 24 year-old Chad Stevens of Ohio all requested bench trials.

They were arrested with 11 others on February 3 at the Massey Energy-owned mine. Police say all those arrested were trespassing, though not all were participants in the protest at the mine site.

During the February 3rd incident, Coal River Mountain Watch issued a statement saying they wanted to deliver a letter to Massey regarding an alternative to mountain-top removal.

The group wants to see wind energy harnessed from the mountains instead.

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Diane Hebert
5/1/09 at 10:07 AM

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It seems like our liberty is at stake. Hats off to Activists who are willing to stand up to major corporations who are destroying our natural world and communities.

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